Manoel de Oliveira

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Manoel de Oliveira
BornDecember 12 1908 (1908-12-12) (age 100)
Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Porto, Portugal
OccupationFilm director

Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira, GCSE (pronounced [mɐnuˈɛɫ doliˈvɐjɾɐ]) (born December 12, 1908) is a Portuguese film director born in Cedofeita, Porto. Since 2001, he is the oldest director in the world who is still active,[citation needed] and remains one of the most influential filmmakers in Europe.[citation needed]

[edit] Biography

Manuel de Oliveira was born in Porto on December 12, 1908 to a family of wealthy industrialists, Francisco José de Oliveira, born at Mosteiro, Vieira do Minho, and wife, married at Lordelo do Ouro, Porto, Cândida Ferreira Pinto, born at Santo Ildefonso, Porto, April 13, 1875 and died at Porto, July 2, 1947.

Oliveira attended school in Galicia, Spain and his goal as a teenager was to become an actor. He enrolled in Italian film-maker Rino Lupo's acting school at age 20, but later changed his mind when he saw Walther Ruttmann's documentary Berlin: Symphony of a City. This prompted him to direct his first film, also a documentary, titled Douro, faina fluvial (1931).

He also has the distinction of having acted in the second Portuguese sound film, A Canção de Lisboa (1933).

His first feature film came much later, in 1942. Aniki-Bóbó, a portrait of Oporto's street children, was a commercial failure when it opened, and its merit only came to be recognised over time. This drawback forced Oliveira to abandon other film projects he was involved in, and to dedicate himself to running the family business. In spite of that, he didn't lose any of his passion for the medium, and re-emerged in 1956 with The Artist and the City.

In 1963, O Acto de Primavera (The Rite of Spring), a documentary depicting an annual passion play enacted by peasants, marked a turning point for his career. This was shortly followed by A caça (The Hunt), a grim feature film that contrasted with the happy tones of his previous documentary. Despite the widespread acclaim garnered by both films, he would not return to the director's seat until the 1970s.

Manoel de Oliveira claims to direct movies for the sheer pleasure of doing it, regardless of critical reaction. He maintains a quiet life away from the spotlights, despite multiple honours in festivals such as those of Cannes, Venice and Montréal.

He married at the Church of the Santíssimo Sacramento, Porto, on December 4, 1940 Maria Isabel Brandão de Meneses de Almeida Carvalhais (Bonfim, Porto, September 1, 1918, daughter of Vítor Brandão Leite Pereira Cardoso de Meneses (Covelas, Baião, January 3, 1870 - Foz do Douro, Porto, October 23, 1957) and wife (m. Braga, September 8, 1903) Adelaide de Almeida Carvalhais (d. Bonfim, Porto, November 8, 1918), by whom he had two children: Manuel Casimiro Brandão Carvalhais de Oliveira, born in Porto, 1941, unmarried and without issue, and Adelaide Maria Brandão Carvalhais de Oliveira, born in Santo Ildefonso, Porto, October 10, 1948, married at Nevogilde, Porto, November 6, 1961, to Jorge Manuel de Sousa Trêpa, born in Santo Tirso, March 19, 1942, son of Luís de Vasconcelos Trêpa (April 23, 1913 - April 29, 1985) and wife Maria Helena Granada da Cunha de Sousa Pinto, by whom she has three children: actor Ricardo de Oliveira de Sousa Trêpa, born at Foz do Douro, Porto, October 28, 1972, Susana de Oliveira de Sousa Trêpa, born on October 26, 1974, and Jorge de Oliveira de Sousa Trêpa.

[edit] Filmography

  • Douro, Faina Fluvial (documentary, 1931)
  • Estátuas de Lisboa (documentary, 1932)
  • Os Últimos Temporais: Cheias do Tejo (documentary, 1937)
  • Miramar, Praia das Rosas (documentary, 1938)
  • Já se fabricam automóveis em Portugal (documentary, 1938)
  • Famalicão (documentary, 1941)
  • Aniki-Bóbó (1942)
  • O Pintor e a Cidade (documentary, 1956)
  • O Coração (documentary, 1958)
  • O Pão (documentary, 1959)
  • Acto de Primavera (1963)
  • A Caça (1963)
  • Villa Verdinho: Uma Aldeia Transmontana (documentary, 1964)
  • As Pinturas do Meu Irmão Júlio (documentary, 1965)
  • O Passado e o Presente (1971)
  • Benilde ou a Virgem Mãe (1974)
  • Amor de Perdição (1978)
  • Francisca (1981)
  • Visita ou Memórias e Confissões (1982)
  • Lisboa Cultural (documentary, 1983)
  • Nice... À Propos de Jean Vigo (documentary, 1983)
  • Le Soulier de Satin (1985)
  • Mon Cas (1987)
  • A Propósito da Bandeira Nacional (1987)
  • Os Canibais (1988)
  • Non, ou A Vã Glória de Mandar (1990)
  • A Divina Comédia (1991)
  • O Dia do Desespero (1992)
  • Vale Abraão (1993)
  • A Caixa (1994)
  • O Convento (1995)
  • Party (1996)
  • Viagem ao Princípio do Mundo (1997)
  • Inquietude (1998)
  • La Lettre (1999)
  • Palavra e Utopia (2000)
  • Je Rentre a la Maison (2001)
  • Porto da Minha Infância (2001)
  • O Princípio da Incerteza (2002)
  • Momento (2002)
  • Um Filme Falado (2003)
  • O Quinto Império: Ontem Como Hoje (2004)
  • Espelho Mágico (2005)
  • Do Visível ao Invisível (2005)
  • Belle Toujours (2006)
  • O Improvável não é Impossível (2006)
  • Cristóvão Colombo - O Enigma (2007)

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